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Town Hall square celebration set for Sunday

Memorial Fountain was dedicated January 26, 1930, with committee chairman Harold Vanderbilt (center) formally handing the park over to acting Mayor James M. Owens. Behind the two was the town's first manager, L. Trevette Lockwood. Fourth from left is Oscar Davies, the Town Councilman and Daily News publisher who had the idea for the memorial. Courtesy of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County

Posted: 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The “postcard of Palm Beach” has a shiny new finish, and town leaders are ready to show it off.

On Sunday, Mayor Gail Coniglio and the Town Council will unveil the restored Memorial Fountain. And the newly revitalized Memorial Park will make its official debut.

The improvements are part of the $7.9 million Town Square renovation project, which started in early 2015.

It concludes this summer with enhancements — streetscape work that includes repaving exterior sidewalks in the two-block area with a seashell/concrete mixture, and adding crosswalks, pedestrian-friendly sidewalk bump-outs and shade trees.

In this special section, you’ll find details about Sunday’s celebration and learn about the history of the 1929 Addison Mizner-designed Memorial Park.

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We also reveal how the plan to renovate Town Square developed and tell what secrets were discovered when experts started restoring the double-bowl, cast-stone fountain Mizner designed more than 87 years ago.

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